Sacrificing everything for one's craft is something some people can't help. They can't help themselves. They must do it. They're driven to do it.

A lot of artists don't survive, do they? You work very hard and finally you get what you want and it destroys you.

If you want to do creative work, there are tremendous sacrifices involved, and tremendous financial sacrifices too. It requires dedication and solitude.

We tend to make up the people we fall in love with

I was always aware that Jack loved women not only for their bodies but for the stories that came into being as they interacted with him-they were part of his “road,” the infinite range of experience that always had to remain open to fuel his work.

I believe in the curative powers of love as the English believe in tea or Catholics believe in the Miracle of Lourdes.

Sacrificing everything for one's craft is something some people can't help. They can't help themselves. They must do it. They're driven to do it.